Pharmacologic Substance
enflurane Audio
en·flu·rane [ en-floo-reyn ]
Effect:
Cerebral Arterial Vasodilation; Decreased CNS Organized Electrical Activity; Decreased Intraocular Fluid Pressure; Decreased Medullary Respiratory Drive; General Anesthesia; Negative Chronotropy; Systemic Arterial Vasodilation
May Treat:
Status Asthmaticus; Ventricular Premature Complexes
Definitions related to enflurane:
  • A fluorinated ether and very potent and stable general anaesthetic agent. The mechanism through which enflurane exerts its effect is not clear, it probably acts on nerve cell membranes to disrupt neuronal transmission in the brain, probably via an action at the lipid matrix of the neuronal membrane. Enflurane may also enhance the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid on synaptic transmission. Enflurane may also inhibit glutamatergic excitatory transmission.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • An extremely stable inhalation anesthetic that allows rapid adjustments of anesthesia depth with little change in pulse or respiratory rate.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Extremely stable inhalation anesthetic that allows rapid adjustments of anesthesia depth with little change in pulse or respiratory rate.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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